American Idol: He hasn’t even won–yet–and already Adam Lambert has his first solo magazine cover story. Entertainment Weekly gave him the honor, apparently in part because of his ambiguous sexuality.

American Idol Pt. 2: Did you know this is the first time the final 3 contestants were all male? We had no idea!

Paula Abdul: This is probably the first time we’ve ever seen Ladies Home Journal accused of fabrication but the Idol judge is doing it and doing it strongly. Just days after the magazine released a cover story where Abdul admits to a past drug addiction, the singer is claiming she never said–or had–any such thing. Well, someone’s lying…

Prison Break: With only a week left til the series finale, Fox’s latest promo product left critics stumped: a bar of soap. But The Advocate and GLAAD think they’ve figured out the insinuation–prison rape–and they’re not happy about it.

ABC: Debuted its new “music lounge” yesterday, a radio-like offering with songs that are heard on shows like Grey’s Anatomy. Sounds like a smaller version of iTunes to us.

SIZZLED OUT: A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez by Serena Roberts

STILL SIZZLING: This R & B singer is just the latest celebrity to have nude photos hit the web–but while she calls the act of stealing private things “evil,” she says she’s not bothered by the exposure.

Prison Break: Here’s some more info on the series’ end–it won’t all air on TV! The so-called finale is still on for May 15 but then there will be two additional episodes released on DVD. Thanks for digging into our pockets, guys.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles are as good as canceled. At least this frees up Brian Austin Green for 90210!

Twitter: Apparently there’s a “fight” going on between Ashton Kutcher and CNN’s Larry King on who will get to a million followers first. Don’t these people have work to do??

Variety: We understand that they’re traditionally a trade magazine (read: in print), but really have no idea why they would lay off one of the web editors. Pretty sure the web is the future of journalism. Just sayin’.

Alec Baldwin: Speaking of the industry’s future, Baldwin wrote a whole column on it for The Huffington Post. Why Baldwin? We’re still trying to figure that one out.

Condoleezza Rice: And it gets weirder: Rice is now a columnist for The Daily Beast and she’s writing about, of all things, her love of Tiger Woods. Random!

Prison Break: Finally returning next week with its last batch of episodes but with a new air day: Fridays. Great, now the ratings will decrease even more!

Sarah Michelle Gellar: She’s been MIA for a while and now we know why: she was babymaking! The Buffy the Vampire Slayer star (and wife of Freddie Prinze Jr.) is expecting her first child. Congrats to her!

NBC: There’s a comprehensive look at the Peacock network’s failures (and limited successes) under much maligned head, Ben Silverman. How does this guy still have a job?!

Los Angeles Times: Well, NBC did accomplish something: got Cali’s biggest newspaper to run a front-page ad for new series Southland. And not just any ad, one that looks exactly like an article. Yes, journalism ethics have been thrown out the window.

Parade: The weekly mag compiled their annual list of celebrity salaries and, needless to say, it’s quite interesting. Makes you wonder if there really is a recession going on.

SIZZLED OUT: Bruce Springsteen

STILL SIZZLING: This musicially-inclined couple brought in a whopping $162 million last year. You can put a lot of rings on it with that!

Digital TV: Damn that House. The congressional one, that is. Though the Senate approved a delay in the mandatory switch to digital TVs, the House did not. So if you’re still using analogs, you will be completely screwed in less than 3 weeks. Don’t you just love the government?

Kelly Clarkson: Move over, Britney. Clarkson just broke your Billboard record for largest jump–a whopping 98 spots thanks to the sudden popularity of her song My Life Would Suck Without You. Perhaps Brit Brit’s would be better with Clarkson??

Jay Leno: Oprah should move over, too. A new survey shows that Jay Leno reigns supreme among TV personalities. I would’ve been inclined to say women don’t care for Leno, but then men generally don’t care for O. So maybe they’re even?

NBC: Among their planned pilots is Day One, about a post-apocalyptic Earth. It’s one thing to see that in a two-hour movie. But a whole series? Watching that week after week would probably freak us out.

Ashton Kutcher: On Twitter and apparently got wife Demi Moore to join. Will Rumer be next?

Kelly Rowland: The former Destiny’s Child member fired her longtime manager–who just so happens to be Beyonce’s dad. Supposedly the split was “amicable” but there’s gotta be more to it, right?!

Prison Break: Life is imitating art in Michigan. A man purposely robbed a gas station and mini-mart in hopes of joining his brother in jail. That’s one more thing to weigh on your conscience, Michael Scofield!

Blagojevich: Has “won” according to Gawker simply because his media tour showed he was a “harmless lovable nut.” However, Dan Abrams over at The Daily Beast says he’s a “PR catastrophe.”

SIZZLED OUT: The First Wives Club

STILL SIZZLING: This TV chef is planning a huge party for SXSW, complete with the resiquite indie bands. Maybe she deserves some cool points after all!

American Idol Pt. 2: New judge Kara DioGuardi announced today that she’s engaged. Randy Jackson is the only other married judge currently on the show.

American Idol Pt. 3: Yes! David Cook and Kimberly Caldwell broke up! This means we still have a chance!

Jennifer Garner: We have a name for daughter number two. And we don’t like it one bit.

Howie Mandel: In and out of the hospital for an “irregular heartbeat.” Maybe Deal or No Deal is just too exciting for him?

Prison Break: As expected, the show won’t be back next year. We all can admit the show has run its course. That said, we have no idea how it’ll end! And why do they still call it canceled when the shows execs and actors even say they don’t want to continue? Mutual decision, people! Canceled does not convey that!

Josh Holloway: The Lost star told PEOPLE some pretty disturbing details about he and his wife being held at gunpoint in 2005. Never want to imagine what that’s like.

Allison Sweeney: Life just got even busier for The Biggest Loser host and longtime Days of Our Lives star: she gave birth to another child!

As The World Turns: If you missed yesterday’s show, you missed a lot. Gay characters Luke and Noah, who caused a firestorm when they kissed on the show more than than a year ago, finally had sex. Of course nothing more than shirtless making out was shown but it’s still a big step forward.

Vogue: Insiders are speculating that putting Blake Lively on the February cover is a sign of how bad things are for the mag. Not sure we get it, but whatevs.

Facebook: It’ll take another year but the social network could outpower MySpace.

Gossip Girl: The book series’ author hates the way the show depicts Aaron, Serena’s new beau. Considering he gives us the creeps, we completely agree!

Prison Break: We watch and we watch and we’re still confused. Totally frustrating.

Rachael Ray: If you looked forward to the chatterbox having no voice for several weeks, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. Surgery has been called off for now, as a new treatment for her sore vocal chords seems to be working.

The Crow: One of our favorite cult movies is being remade! But we really can’t see anyone but the late Brandon Lee playing the lead! Lee was killed during film when a real bullet accidentally dislodged from a prop gun. So sad.

The Office: Here’s one more reason to watch the post-Superbowl episode: Jack Black will be on it!

Facebook: Decreased in value by more than $15 billion! What do you think it’s worth?

SIZZLED OUT: Terminator

STILL SIZZLING: This athlete was just kicked off his team–more fallout from trash-talking a rival and former actress-girlfriend.

Patrick Swayze: Don’t believe the tabloids, he says. (We could’ve told you that!) Yes, he does have cancer but the battle against it is going well and he is not on his deathbed. Hurrah!

SAG: Is it possible an actors’ strike won’t make much of a difference? That could be the case, predicts the LA Times, which points out that many shows are made under AFTRA rules and thus won’t be on strike.

Prison Break: Even Robert Knepper knows his character T-Bag is an “animal.” But here’s what we want to know: if the show does end with this season, as rumored, will T-Bag finally get the death he deserves?

Gossip Girl: Given how much the stars’ looks have changed since they started in the biz, we have renewed hope that we, too, will one day be magazine cover-worthy.

TV Sales: Who knew you could use them to measure the state of the economy?

Soap Operas: From fired stars to greatly-reduced salaries, the economy sure is killing one of our favorite genres. Melodramatic indeed.

Soap Operas Pt. 2: We have to give All My Children credit for casting a real-life Iraqi veteran to play one on the show. But more credit goes to J.R. Martinez himself for all he’s accomplished since being severely burned in 2003.

Salvation Army: Using Facebook and Twitter to drum up donations. Clever or tired?

TiVo: Do you record and record but never actually sit down and watch and yet you still don’t delete? Then you’re suffering from TiVo guilt! Don’t you feel better now that there’s an actual diagnosis? We’re pretty sure we’d have this, too, if we actually had a TiVo.